11 January

Great War events that took place on 11 January.

1915 (Monday)

Western Front	▶ German counter-attacks repulsed and fresh progress made by French north of Soissons.	▶ Fierce fighting at Beauséjour Farm (Champagne).
Navaland Overseas Operations	Last rebels in the Transvaal captured (see 28 December, 1914).
Political	Rumanian Government negotiate loan of £5,000,000 in Great Britain.

1916 (Tuesday)

Western Front	Munition explosion at Lille.	Southern Front	French land in Corfu; Greek protest.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	Sir J. Maxwell commanding in remainder of Egypt.
Naval and Overseas Operations
German raider "Moewe" reported to be operating in Atlantic.

1917 (Thursday)

Western Front	British carry German trench on front of 0.75 mile, north-east of Beaumont Hamel.
Eastern Front	▶ German counter-attack near Kalutsem, south of Lake Babit, repulsed.	▶ Successful Romanian attack in Casin valley.	▶ Enemy progress in Susitsa valley and between Braila and Galatz.
Asiatic and Egyptian Theatres	British occupy Hai (Mesopotamia).
Naval and Overseas Operations	H.M. Seaplane-carrier Ben-my-Chree sunk in Kastelorizo harbour (southern Asian Minor).
Political	▶ Terms of new British War Loan announced by Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law at Guildhall.	▶ Important food orders issued by Lord Devonport.	▶ Notes from German and Austrian Governments handed to neutral Powers in answer to Entente reply to their "Peace Note".

1918 (Friday)

Western Front	▶ Unsuccessful German raid south of Armentieres.	▶ French raids in Argonne, Vosges and Champagne.
Eastern Front	Bolshevik excesses in Sevastopol and Kilia.
Naval and Overseas Operations	Three columns of British troops pursuing Germans in Mozambique.
Political	▶ U.S. Labour supports War Aims declarations.	▶ Denmark recognises independence of Finland.

Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Compendium.

On This Day pages are styled as timelines and have been transcribed from two out-of-copyright sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principle Events 1914-1918 (1922). The spelling of place-names is a particularly convoluted subject. Some names were spelt differently depending on source, others have changed over time for various political or geographical reasons. In general, spelling of place names are original to British use at the time of, and shortly after, the war. Some typos have been altered or corrected for consistency. Similar events between these sources have been amalgamated; as a result the date and wording may differ to their original texts.

Compendium entries form the central hub of (a) An index-like collection of places, people, ships, battles, political events, etc., and (b) Words and phrases of the Armed Forces of Great Britain during the Great War. The majority of these have been transcribed from Chronology of the War (1918-1920) and Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases (1925) respectively, the later which is reflected in the language used and some may seem derogatory by today's standards.

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